The Library Bar inside The Lanesborough is an absolute gem. Sophistication and excellent service to…read morematch. We made reservations for drinks after afternoon tea and immediately fell in love with the atmosphere. We stayed for a couple of cocktails, and they make an excellent martini. It was so good that I had to order a second! A must visit.

Adorable hotel and lovely lounge. Service was top notch and so was everything we ordered. The hotel…read morewas decorated incredibly cute for Christmas. Would absolutely come back.

I visited on a recent trip to England. Very nice space, everything I look for in a cigar bar. Hotel…read morebar was very accommodating as well.

Absolutely terrible shop that doesn't even sell many EMS cigars, despite their claims to the…read morecontrary! That's absolute fraud! Concomitantly, Dominika is legitimately the least professional individual that I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with at a cigar shop. Moreover, their prices are high, their cigars are substandard, and they outright lie about all of their cigars being EMS. By their own admission, many boxes are sourced from other countries/regions despite their website saying that ALL of their cigars have the EMS seal, but, most of all, their customer service is beyond abysmal. The only decent person that I spoke with there was Stefano. But, unfortunately, Stefano doesn't deal with online orders, super rude and petty Dominika does. Terrible experience; stay away from this fraudulent place!

What a difference a couple days make. First visit to the new space on Thursday was fantastic all…read morearound. Great service and great drinks. Quick to bring, cut, and light a cigar. Sunday evening, not good at all. I ordered a dry gin martini up with a twist. The server brought me gin on the rocks. When I sent it back. The bartender didn't make a fresh cocktail. He just strained the ice out and poured the drink into a martini glass. He didn't even shake it, so the martini wasn't very cold. The lemon peel was just dropped into the drink without the oil being expressed over the top m The server forgot about my cigar order. After waiting about 20 minutes I had to wave over the hostess to ask her for a cigar. It's rather curious how the experience at the same place could be so good one day and so bad another. However, I spoken with the manager and she fixed everything. The second martini wasn't very cold excellent.

This is one of my all-time favorite cigar lounges on the planet! From the world-class service to…read morethe astounding selection of cigars to the equally magnificent drink menu, you cannot go wrong here. However, this is definitely not a regular cigar lounge, and for that the price is at a well-deserved premium. Budget like you're going to a high-end steakhouse. To wit: They sell a Cohiba cigar there for £10,000. Yep. That's not a typo. That's ten thousand British Pounds Sterling! That said, I enjoyed a Bolivar and Romeo Y Julieta torpedo for £44-45 each. So that's the budget to shoot for here. Can't wait to save up to get back again!

I may have given this cigar lounge a better rating. If you're looking for the sit back and relax…read moretype place this may not be it. My experience with a bad cohiba plus the vibe just didn't cut it for me.

This is one of my favorite cigar shops in the world (the other one's in Tokyo)! The history of this…read moreshop is amazing, suffice to say this is the same shop where Winston Churchill regularly bought his stogies. He even sat upstairs in the VERY nicely remodeled Sampling Lounge, most likely looking out the window at all the hustle & bustle of St. James Street below. Every time I've visited London, I've always made it a point to come here, and this visit I was here every day! The staff are superstars, the cigar selection is sublime, and they even offer complementary coffee & bottled water. Can't wait to plan my next visit here!

I wanted to try a real Cuban cigar while I was in London. The staff upstairs in the smoking lounge…read morewere fantastic. Downstairs crew running the shop didn't feel warm or friendly. Cigar choices were great.

Wow. Everything Cuban that I was looking for in Paris, I found here. I'm on my last clean shirt and…read morea wrinkled pair of shorts. I thought I'd be shunned. They just laughed and welcomed me in. They understood vacation troubles. They were so kind and helpful. Took their time and treated me the same if I bought two sticks or two boxes. Great place. A must stop if you're in London.

Incredible store with personable and knowledgeable staff. Fantastic selection of Cuban cigars…read more Can't wait to visit again.

What a difference a couple days make. First visit to the new space on Thursday was fantastic all…read morearound. Great service and great drinks. Quick to bring, cut, and light a cigar. Sunday evening, not good at all. I ordered a dry gin martini up with a twist. The server brought me gin on the rocks. When I sent it back. The bartender didn't make a fresh cocktail. He just strained the ice out and poured the drink into a martini glass. He didn't even shake it, so the martini wasn't very cold. The lemon peel was just dropped into the drink without the oil being expressed over the top m The server forgot about my cigar order. After waiting about 20 minutes I had to wave over the hostess to ask her for a cigar. It's rather curious how the experience at the same place could be so good one day and so bad another. However, I spoke with the manager and she fixed everything. The second martini was excellent.

This is one of the less than a dozen or so heated smoking venues in London. The room itself is…read moreactually an underground outdoor patio, but with the heaters and club-like leather chairs, it's as good as smoking inside in your favourite gentlemen's club with a slight draft. As it goes, smoking inside is a thing of the past here in England as a result of the smoking ban enforced beginning in 2007. The garden room is a bar and cigar lounge. The prices are pretty high, but ensures that the rowdy crowd stay out. The minimum charge being 25 pounds. The hotel keeps a wonderful selection of liquor from vintage cognac and whisky to vintage ports and burgundy's. The cigar menu is one very long list with just about anything you can think of from all the cuban cigar makers, from fresh cigars to vintage cigars. The environment is top notch, and the service provided for cigars is of a very high quality. Although, it is not necessary to purchase cigars from the premises to smoke them there, their walk-in humidor is perhaps one of the best maintained in London ensuring optimum smoking pleasure. They open until 11pm, or 1030pm on Sundays, but I stayed until midnight and never felt rushed; I was never told to leave. I highly recommend the Lanesborough as one of the best heated smoking venues in London; an excellent place for a light business meeting or just to relax with like-minded friends over a good cigar. While smoking, the waitresses also bring around handmade chocolates - these compliment cigars very well. I had a Cuaba Piramids Limited Edition 2008, it was smooth unlike any Cuaba I've tried in the past, and the notes of cocoa were very evident. A relative bargain in the cigar world at 20 pounds. I paired this with a glass of sherry. A torch lighter service is offered by the Lanesborough, but I prefer to use the wooden match method, warming up the cigar with the first match, charring the cigar on the second, and finally light the cigar on the third.

What a find! Went here for a works dinner out. Menu was straightforward with some "posh" options…read more You cannot grumble for £42 for 2 courses and £48 for three courses on a Friday night in Soho! Service was great, poor waitress was running around like a loon, but she did an excellent job! The prawns for starters were blinking delicious, the Chateaubriand was melt in the mouth amazing. Cocktails well tasty! Only slight meh was the deserts were a bit naff and not up to par. The evening we had live jazz / smoky singer, until around 10:30, then "sing-a-long" favourites until the DJ kicked in at 11pm. Definitely going back to this place! (Would have easily been a 5* if the deserts were as good as the rest)

I'm a tourist and I lovee this place. Love the live music they always play great song and the…read morepeople that work here are great too! This is my 2nd time visiting London and I had to come back here it definitely left an impression

If you're looking for some classic Scottish food in London, this is the place. Definitely has a bit…read moreof a boys club vibe and at night they have a band that plays. We had lunch there and had the oysters, roast scallops and their famous haggis (I got the mini size which was perfect for lunch). We also got their truffle chips which was so good. The food was delicious and I was surprised how much I liked their haggis. It wasn't gamey like it is in other traditional places. Next time I'd try their steak and hope to review again.

Went here for Sunday Jazz lunch. The place was pretty full and we had their three course luncheon…read morewith haggis and terrine as starters and beef and pork roast as the main course finishing up with Penna cotta and fruit crumble. The food was great. We had a bottle of Pinot noir with the meal. It was OK. The main challenge was service it was terrible. Inattentive , barely there gave us the wrong bill, .... Completely useless. The jazz and the bar setting was great and good music. With better service this could be five stars

I am a forever fan of speakeasy's - and, the team at Lounge Bohemia took mixology to the next…read morelevel... The molecular level!!! We went with three different options from their tasting menu/cocktail tour, and were wowed away by each and every round of the molecular cocktail experience! There were a range of flavours, temperatures, liquors, flavours and modes of "drinking" each of the rounds. Situated in the Shoreditch area, the location is great! The decker is also very trendy with the dimly lit speakeasy vibe. The service was great. Cannot wait until I'm in London again to go back and try another one of the options on the tasting menu.

This place was so awesome! My party of 5 were able to snag reservations the day before for a…read moreThursday evening bday celebration. The space isn't a true speakeasy as there's a clear entrance you go to, vs finding the secret entrance and all that jazz. Aside from that, the vibe is moody and chill. Menus are in the books at the tables. They offer ala carte drinks or you can choose their 5 drink tasting menu which is popular. We all got the tasting menu, every person getting a different theme. Drinks are creative, whimsical, fun and playful. I'm not much of a drinker so I was concerned this would be a bit much for me, but this is about the experience, the drinks werent too big or overly boozy, or anything. The themes from the 39 euro tasting menu are: 1. Cocktail history. This is the most traditional drink direction 2. Naughty childhood. Drinks are candy and dessert based. Not necessarily overly sweet so don't worry about that. 3. Nature. 4. West meets east. Asian themed drinks. This was most creative and I wish I got this one. 5. Gourmet. French themed. This is the one that didn't get chosen from our group. 6. Get ready and go. London themed. All the drinks were super creative. There was so much thought around presentation put into them. And they update their drinks regularly. I'll definitely come back so I can try more of the other themes. Note. They have very very minimal snacks available so make sure you eat ahead of time.